#BDBEC4#BDBEC4

#BDBEC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.008 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEC4
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(231, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(231, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 0.78, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 3.23, 284.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0013 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.008 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3617, 51.6311, 59.5791)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEC4 #C4C3BD

analogous

#BDC1C4 #BDBEC4 #BFBDC4

triadic

#BDBEC4 #C4BDBE #BEC4BD

tetradic

#BDBEC4 #C4BDC1 #C4C3BD #BDC4BF

square

#BDBEC4 #C4BDC1 #C4C3BD #BDC4BF

split-complementary

#BDBEC4 #C4BFBD #C1C4BD

monochromatic

#7C7E8A #9D9EA7 #BDBEC4 #DDDEE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BDBEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEC4

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEC4	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.008 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d5',
    500: '#bdbec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbec4;
$custom-light: #d0d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 5.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80252,
    "c": 0.00844,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEC4

secondary

#97968E

accent

#87568F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEC4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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